Lepidopterist

A lepidopterist is a person who specialises in the study of Lepidoptera,[1] members of an order encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies. The term also includes hobbyists who are not formal scholars, and, who catch, collect, study, or simply observe lepidopterans.[2]

Post-Renaissance, the rise of the "lepidopterist" or "aurelian" can be attributed to the expanding interest in science, nature and the surroundings. When Linnaeus wrote the tenth edition of the Systema Naturae in 1758, there was already "a substantial body of published work on Lepidopteran natural history" (Kristensen, 1999).[3]

These included:[3]

Fictional lepidopterists

See also

References

  1. ^ "lepidopterist". (n.d.). In Dictionary Definitions. Retrieved November 30th, 2010, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/lepidopterist.
  2. ^ "Home page of "lepidopterist.org"". http://lepidopterist.org/index.htm. Retrieved 30 November 2010. 
  3. ^ a b Kristensen, Niels P. (1999). "Historical Introduction". In Kristensen, Niels P.. Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies: Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography. Volume 4, Part 35 of Handbuch der Zoologie:Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Arthropoda: Insecta. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1. ISBN 9783110157048. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=B9rdQ1gHuAAC. Retrieved 30 November 2010. 
  4. ^ "Excerpts from A Guide to Nabokov's Butterflies and Moths". Pennsylvania State University Library. http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/dzbutt6.htm. Retrieved 17 March 2011.